Talk:Alberta Highway 1

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The term "Alberta Provincial Highway" is redundant and differs not a bit from "Alberta Highway." I'd like to see this changed to "Alberta Highway 1" and the rest of the primary highways named likewise. The secondary highways, of course, should simply be "Alberta Secondary Highway 701" or whatever the number. Cadillac 22:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Redundant or not, this is the naming convention used for all Alberta highways. I did not implement it. --Tyson2k 00:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

"Provincial" Hwy 1?

Highway 1 is not a provincial highway. As the TCH, it is a federal highway. A.L.70.24.71.154 17:31, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

As stated by Canadian law, highways are the responsability of provincial governments. All highways in Canada are administered by the provinces (hence, for example, the inconsistent highway number for TCH in provinces like Ontario and Quebec). The Trans-Canada highway is rather a interprovincial coordination. --Qyd 17:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

But US interstates are also maintained by states they pass through, but nobody calls them "state" highways in each separate state. In Ontario and Quebec I would call the THC provincial highways due to the use of their own numbers/signs, but Alberta shares a common number and federal sign with its adjacent provinces. 70.24.71.154 05:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)A.L.

I can see your point. But calling it "federal highway" would be a factual error, and "Alberta interprovincial highway" sounds like an oxymoron. The correct term would be "Trans-Canada Highway", and well, there is an article on that topic. This one just details a particular leg in a particular province, so I guess it's best to just stick to naming conventions. Cheers. --66.82.9.49 14:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

As of at least January 1, 2010, it is Provincial Highway No. 1. See Section 1(a) of the Freeways and Access Locations Designation Order. Hwy43 (talk) 06:18, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

previous/next route

what is the meaning of

|previous_type=Hwy
|previous_route=216
|next_type=Hwy
|next_route=1A

in the infobow? it links to Alberta Highway 216, which is not even close to highway1 (it's the Edmonton ring road). --Qyd 19:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Kilometre marks

Not sure if it really matters but the Alberta government does Kilometre 0 from the BC border, not the Saskatchewan border. Basically if you want to be consistent with what they do, you should flip it around. For example the first westbound exit in Calgary on Highway 1 is 177. MazriM TaiM (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

This is well noted, but conflicts with the "federal" notion that the TCH travels from east to west. Thus, while highway exit numbers (which are only established from Canmore to Calgary) are west to east, kilometre marks are from east to west. kelvSYC (talk) 04:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Notwithstanding the "federal" notion, east to west is contrary to WP:RJL and WP:CRWP. This article is about Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1, which happens to form part of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is not about the Trans-Canada Highway 1 as a whole. The "Exit numbers" and "Major junctions" sections are redundant and the latter is contrary to WP:RJL and WP:CRWP. It is on my to-do list to merge these two sections together using the west to east progression. It may be satisfactory to use east to west on a future "Major junctions" section on the overall Trans-Canada Highway article based on the "federal" notion despite WP:RJL and WP:CRWP. It would be well worth a discussion at either of those locations to confirm. Hwy43 (talk) 06:40, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

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Length of highway

I have changed the length of this highway from 522 to 543 534. This length is derived by summing distance in kilometres of the various segments of the highway from Hwy 93 near Lake Louise to Saskatchewan per the 2010 Alberta Official Road Map (536 527 km) and adding the final 6.8 km from the BC border to Hwy 93 using Google Earth. This may necessitate changes to later sections of the article, which I intend to revisit soon anyway. Hwy43 (talk) 06:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Correction – changed to 534 km (I accidentally inversed the "3" and the "4" last week). Hwy43 (talk) 17:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)